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G. APSLEY.

1 VSEAMLBSS SEDE. v 3741571-1 A Patented Dec. 13,1887,

UNITED STATES PATENT Orrrcee GEORGE APSLEY, OF LOOK HAVEN, PENNSYLVANIA.

- SEAMLESS SHOE.

SPECIFICATIONIMH1Mg part of Letters Patent No;374,571. dated December 13, 1887: Application filed September 3, 188l. Serial No. 248,714. (No mode'.)

T (LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE APSLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lock Haven, in the county of Clinton and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Imprvements in Seamless Shoes; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and

to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification. y

The special object of the inventionis to make a shoe-upper inone piece, so as to avoid the rpping of scams and thehurting of the feet.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the pattern after it has been crimped and prepared for use; Fig. 2, a perspective view broken away to show the three plies through which the eyelets'pass.

Inthe drawings, B forms the integral upper, having the vamp b and quarter b b integral, the quarter part b being folded at b inwardly to form an integral lining. The varnp b hasaslot, b and the part b of the quarteraslot, b and loose end b. By conjoining theslots b b, the

placing of said part b around the outside of vamp b, and drawing the loose end b on the inside of vamp b, the vannp and part b of the quarter are securely locked together. The tongue C is now placed under the fold b of the upper and the three plies eyeleted together at c c, thus holding fast the sides of upper and the tongue. Thus it will be seen that two eyelets are always necessary in my se'arnless shoe.

I may put on the shoe a gaiter top, or abut-* toned, a congress, or a high hook-lace one, and

may cut out the lining below the two eyelets. 0

Having thus described all that is necessary to a full understanding of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to protectby Letters Patent, is- Y l. A shoe-upper formed of the vamp b and quarter b b in one piece, the part b of the quarter being folded on the vamp b and locked bythe open slots b b as shownand described. 

